WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kit Bond made the following statement Tuesday regarding the President’s announcement of his intent to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court:

“I look forward to reviewing Judge Sotomayor's record and learning more from her hearings.  Judge Sotomayor once said ‘I don't believe that we should bend the Constitution under any circumstances,’ I agree that is how judges should rule and I will expect her to continue that view."